Congress Turns Attention to Deciding How to Split Money Among Programs, Agencies

With a two-year budget deal poised to clear the Senate, Congress is turning its attention to deciding how to divvy up federal dollars among individual programs and agencies.

House and Senate appropriations committee leaders have begun meeting to draft detailed spending bills ahead of Jan. 15, when funding for federal agencies expires. Their work became easier Tuesday when the Senate voted 67-33 to move ahead with the budget agreement,...